static variables in Python?

[Russ P.]

On Jul 29, 6:33 pm, "Russ P." <Russ.Paie... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 29, 1:40 pm, kj <so... at 987jk.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Yet another noob question...
>
> > Is there a way to mimic C's static variables in Python?  Or something
> > like it?  The idea is to equip a given function with a set of
> > constants that belong only to it, so as not to clutter the global
> > namespace with variables that are not needed elsewhere.
>
> > For example, in Perl one can define a function foo like this
>
> > *foo = do {
> >   my $x = expensive_call();
> >   sub {
> >     return do_stuff_with( $x, @_ );
> >   }
>
> > };
>
> > In this case, foo is defined by assigning to it a closure that has
> > an associated variable, $x, in its scope.
>
> > Is there an equivalent in Python?
>
> > Thanks!
>
> > kynn
> > --
> > NOTE: In my address everything before the first period is backwards;
> > and the last period, and everything after it, should be discarded.
>
> If the constant parameters are really only needed in one particular
> function, you can use default function arguments. An added benefit is
> that you can override them with another value if necessary.
>
> def fun(x, y, parameter1=0, parameter2=1):
>     ...

I should add that the parameters need not be literal numbers. They can
be computed values as well. They will be computed only once, on the
first pass through the function definition, which I presume is exactly
what you want.

I think this is the simplest solution to the problem you posed.